1115 – Peter the Hermit, French priest, led the People’s Crusade, dies at about 64
1422 – Michelle of Valois, Duchess consort of Burgundy (1419-22), dies after falling ill at 27 possibly poisoned
1623 – Gregory XV [Alessandro Ludovisi], Italian Catholic pope (1621-23) and Archbishop of Bologna, dies at 69
1905 – Walter Kittredge, American musician during American Civil War, dies at 70
1933 – Anthony Hope, British novelist and playwright (The Prisoner of Zenda), dies of cancer at 70
1957 – Henry Février, French composer, dies at 81
1999 – Pete Conrad, American US Navy pilot and NASA astronaut (Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2), dies injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident at 59
2007 – Chandra Shekhar, Indian politician, 8th Prime Minister of India (1990-91), dies at 80
2008 – Alex d’Arbeloff, Georgian-American entrepreneur who co-founded Teradyne, dies at 80
2020 – Alex Pullin, Australian snowboarder (World C’ship gold snowboard cross 2011, 13), dies from drowning at 32